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Canadian Facility Management & Design
Campus high-rise brings health to new heights
Dingy is a word that conjures thoughts of old institutional spaces. Academic buildings with dimly-lit hallways and windowless classrooms punctured with fluorescent glare. Rarely are
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Re-visiting office ergonomics for a safe return
For employees transitioning daily between different workstations, management may want to standardize equipment so employees can easily learn how to adjust equipment and not have to relearn each workstation type.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Purpose-built Indigenous hub will be Ontario first
Construction is officially underway on what will be Ontario's first mixed-use, purpose-built Indigenous hub in the West Don Lands of Toronto.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Indigenous voices hushed in planning processes
Indigenous communities across Canada continue to be sidelined or completely excluded from initial planning phases of new developments and renovations.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Pandemic intensifies evolving role of FM
Facility managers are no longer viewed as a back-office function, but rather “a strategic instrument to attract and retain talent and create a great experience,”
CondoBusiness
Six women shaping Canada’s residential spaces
Women developers, architects and interior designers are helping to manifest just a few of the country’s most dynamic condos and communities.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
FM leaders share career-boosting advice
FM leaders reveal the obstacles they overcame to attain their higher-level positions and how future professionals can follow suit.ƒƒ
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Why FMs can’t sell ideas to senior management
Facility managers require resources to accomplish tasks, but other departments within the organization need the same and limited resources.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Rethinking the demands of facility operations
Facility owners and managers must rethink the demands of existing operations and systems to deal with rapidly fluctuating capacity.
Canadian Property Management
Grocery-anchored retail deemed a best buy
Beyond stores selling essential goods, bricks-and-mortar retail is reeling from COVID-19-triggered public health controls and watching its already gaining competition grow even faster than projected.
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BOMA Canada awards industry’s best for 2020
BOMA Canada hosted its annual—and first ever virtual—National Awards Gala on October 29, 2020, marking another year for the CRE industry.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Closing the FM skills gap during COVID-19
It is critical that FMs be part of a back-to-work strategy to voice their ideas, suggestions and areas for improvement that can all be applied going forward.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Exhibition Place becomes first Canadian venue to achieve GBAC STAR accreditation
Exhibition Place in Toronto has become the first Canadian venue to earn global GBAC STAR™ Facility Accreditation.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Canada’s black leaders rarely board members
Black leaders are mostly absent from Canadian boards of directors, according to a new report from Ryerson University's Diversity Institute.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Sunnybrook Hospital abuzz with beekeeping first
Sunnybrook Hospital has become the first healthcare facility in Toronto to welcome honeybees to its 100-acre property.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Public transit wariness makes the core edgy
Commuters’ willingness to jump on the bus, light-rail car or subway is expected to be a driving factor in repopulating office space in some major North American markets, including Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Working at home full time undesirable for most
The office remains a preferable environment for the majority of workers who find working from home every day an unfavourable option.